Geoffrey Rush
Acting
Geoffrey Roy Rush AC (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. He is among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award. He also received three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year.
Known for
2025The Rule of Jenny Pen
Stefan Mortensen
2025Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
Captain Barbossa (voice)
2019Storm Boy
Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
2017Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Hector Barbossa
2017Final Portrait
Alberto Giacometti
2016Gods of Egypt
Ra
2015The Daughter
Henry
2015Minions
Narrator (voice)
2015Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015Holding the Man
Barry
2015Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
Oak Tree
2013The Best Offer
Virgil Oldman
2013The Book Thief
Hans Hubermann
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Hector Barbossa
2011Green Lantern
Tomar-Re (voice)
2011The Eye of the Storm
Basil Hunter
2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Ezylryb (voice)
2010The Warrior's Way
Ron
2010The King's Speech
Lionel Logue
2009Bran Nue Dae
Father Benedictus
2009$9.99
Angel (voice)
2008The Man Inside Dame Edna
Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Barbossa